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Apocalypse Rising Virtual Pack

I didn't do this for EVERY letter, but the first two AtoZ "expansions" had working booster packs of 15 cards, sorted like so: 11 commons (of 100 possibilities), 3 uncommons (of 100 possibilities) and 1 rare (of 113 possibilities). Which means that every time you refresh this page, you will get a different distribution of cards! Makes a nice palate cleanse before heading into the Encyclopedia's B's. Note that Enhanced Apocalypse Rising would have been 4 special packs with set card lists, and A's Broken Links would have come in a 40-page box, so those cards aren't in the booster. 
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Broken Links [BL-B6-10] Espionage: Federation on Romulan to Forra Gegen

More Broken Links... This time: Introducing a Q-Personnel. BROKEN LINKS: [6] Espionage: Federation on Romulan [7] Baseball personnel [8] Q personnel [9] Food Fight [10] Voth personnel NOTES:  [6] Barber Shop [B65] downloads it (it's a reference to Mot making the wigs). Source: "Unification I" [7] As promised, more baseball characters. If used, Baseball goes to the point area, so her special ability recovers one that wasn't actually used. Source: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" [8] Q-icon personnel must be stocked in the Q-Continuum side-deck and all follow the following rules: They immediately report anywhere on opponent's side of the table (from the point of view of the player encountering the Q-Flash). They are played as opponent's own until any Q-Flash (usually). They may not be killed, disabled, placed in stasis or captured except by an opposing Q-Personnel (they are always "stopped" instead). If the Q-Personnel has a persona listed, the...

Broken Links [BL-B1-5] Anaglut to Cortin Zweller

Just like we did with the A's, By Inferno's Light generated a fair few Broken Links. The next 40 cards were designed in 2025, not the late 90s! BROKEN LINKS: [1] A universal Evora [2] Aquiel Unhari [3] Baseball personnel [4] Baseball personnel [5] Cortin Zweller NOTES:  [1] Balsamic Vinaigrette [B+15] makes Evoran equivalent to Antidean (which AtoZ gave cards to), and we only had the Cuzar, so  a universal Evora seemed indicated. The name is derived from his presence on Tulgana IV - it's the name of the planet in reverse. Source: "Envoys" [2] The interrupt Batarael [B113] can download her. Lieutenant's Log is at A236. Source: "Aquiel" [3] Bunt [B+74] talks about baseball personnel, and I know it's not the only one. I've therefore made a bunch of characters from the baseball episode. His baseball-colored Nemesis icon matches Team Captain Sisko's, later in this set. Source: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" [4] I've decided that ...

[B+ 71-75] Brooks to Burgundy

The last of the Enhanced B's... THE ENTRIES: [71] Brooks, Ensign [72] Brota [73] Bullock, Admiral [74] bunt [75] burgundy  NOTES:  [71] Source: "Darkling", though the text and AU icon refer to "Year of Hell" (I took the clearest I could find) [72] Sons of Mogh refer to any personnel with those words in their lore or title, including Premiere Worf, Kurn, Worf Son of Mogh, and himself. Source: "Children of Time" [73] See Valerie Archer in Enhanced Apocalypse Rising for more information on 8472 infiltrators. This one has a little more skills, and counts as an Admiral (in case Species 8472 can ever use Going to the Top). Source: "In the Flesh" [74] "Baseball personnel" are personnel that "love baseball" or actually play it. The points scored are not Baseball's 20, but Bunt's 5. The last function could be used in conjunction with Are These Truly Your Friends Brother? or to recycle a Bunt you don't want in your hand ...

[B+ 66-70] Brigitte to Brone

A bunch of cards from "The Killing Game"... THE ENTRIES: [66] Brigitte [67] British Intelligence [68] British Radio Network [69] Broik [70] Brone NOTES:  [66] French Resistance will be a Program card. The Encyclopedia misspelled her name as Brigette, I've fixed it. This is also the introduction of a red holographic icon, which AtoZ described as a Holodeck-only icon. It will be found on holo-personae, that is to say personae of flesh-and-blood personnel that have alter egos on the holodeck. The presence of the icon means that those personnel cannot report or be persona-switched unless a Holodeck is present. (Sorry, Holo-Projectors do not count.) This does not prevent those personnel from leaving the holodeck. Obviously, Decipher went a different way (think Dixon Hill), so this is AtoZ-only. Source: "The Killing Game" [67] Simple enough. Both attributes are meant to be "total". Source: "The Killing Game" [68] Both functions require a Resistance...

[B+ 61-65] Borven to Bridal Auction

Introducing a new icon... THE ENTRIES: [61] Borven, Glinn [62] Bradbury, Ray [63] Bre'Nan ritual [64] Briar Patch [65] bridal auction NOTES:  [61] Trepar will be in Broken Links; Plans of the Fourth Order appears under "F". Source: Referenced "Ties of Blood and Water"; pic from "Strange Bedfellows" [62] Odd to start a new icon with the nullifyer, but that's the alphabetical way. The SF (Science Fiction) icon is something not unlike the Rules of Acquisition icon, which I've developed for the various SF authors mentioned in the Encyclopedia's addendum. The original rocketship icon looked like this: Here, we'll find not only the real SF authors of the 40s and 50s, but also the ones from Sisko's "dream". The cards' abilities will be related to the specific author's works or themes. Source: "Far Beyond the Stars"  [63] The real use of this card may be to get that Klingon female, but it can also serve to make a...

[B+ 56-60] Boothby to Boronite

The OTHER Boothby... THE ENTRIES: [56] Boothby [57] Boq'ta [58] Borg organelle [59] Borge, Victor [60] boronite NOTES:  [56] See Valerie Archer in Enhanced Apocalypse Rising for more information on 8472 infiltrators. There already is a Boothby card, but this entry also talked about the fake one so... He is the frontpiece for box P4. Source: "In the Flesh" [57] A disposable personnel if you want to commandeer Empok Nor. Source: "Empok Nor" [58] All three subcommands must be present for the attribute boost, and from a drone, not a Queen or counterpart. A new advantage to owning Seven of Nine. The Event is an implant. Source: "The Raven" [59] Vic's boost is not cumulative, and Borge need not be present to give it. He stops all humans or none at all, and doesn't stop non-humans that look like humans but are really holograms. Source: Referenced in "His Way" [60] Here's the thing: When I was designing these cards decades ago, the Omega ...

[B+ 51-55] Bipolar to Bolias

Drop the blast shutters! THE ENTRIES: [51] bipolar flow junction [52] blast shutters [53] "Blaze of Glory" [54] Bligh, Captain William [55] Bolias, Bank of NOTES:  [51] One Little Ship (a tiny Runabout) is considered an intruder aboard opposing ships, and has the same status as personnel and equipment aboard one of your own. If ship sites exist here, relocate One Little Ship to any of them. Source: "One Little Ship" [52] Like Field Diverters, but protecting more than one site. (The small ships aren't starships and don't support ship sites anyway.) Source: "One Little Ship" [53] A powerful card if you're on the losing end. The first function might be used purposefully by letting Michael Eddington die at the hands of a self-seeded Borg Ship dilemma, thus downloading three cards to that location (a ship with crew? it's 3 cards), though the Cube will most likely destroy the ship ;-). Any ships downloaded are free to counterattack that very mome...

[B+ 46-50] Binary Pulsar to Biosynthetic Gland

Species 8472 get a ride... THE ENTRIES: [46] binary pulsar [47] bio-dart [48] biomolecular warhead [49] bioship [50] biosynthetic gland  NOTES:  [46] My original design from the 90s had this as a universal given that no specific location was named, but it being "rare", I decided against it here. Source: Voyager's "Scientific Method" [47] I promised a number of Voth personnel, none of which I got to, so Broken Links it is. Source: "Distant Origin" [48] A weapon against Species 8472. Bioships and Living ships (like Gomtuu) are more strongly affected. The damage marker is complex, but simple enough. If Species 8472 present, they die. If not, and the firing ship was Borg affiliation (the icon precludes the Borg Ship dilemma from using the option), one personnel is assimilated. In any other situation, a personnel is disabled until the end of the turn. Seven refers to the Federation persona, not to the Borg 7 of 9, but the OR makes that clear. Source: "...

[B+41-45] Bergamot Tea to USS Billings

Star Trek Beyond... no, not the movie. THE ENTRIES: [41] bergamot tea [42] beta matrix compositor [43] Beyond the Galactic Edge [44] Bilby, Liam [45] Billings, USS Decipher's version for comparison: NOTES:  [41] Non-Borg is meant to exclude Rogue Borg as well. Source: Voyager's "Night" [42] "Uncontrolled" Empok Nor is the one that's tilted on its side. The repair of all your Nors in play only occurs once, when the mission is solved. Source: DS9's "Empok Nor" [43] A way to report the Species 8472, but it has a countdown. You should report a ship before reporting your personnel, though the non-human 8472s (check 'em out in the next batch of Broken Links) can survive the vacuum of space, like androids and Borg. Source: Voyager's "In the Flesh", but the pic is from "Where No Man Has Gone Before" [44] Chester is his cat. Being part of the Orion Syndicate interacts with some AtoZ cards. When a Bilby card was released ...

[B+ 36-40] Bemonite to Benthos IV

We make promises about fleets... THE ENTRIES: [36] bemonite [37] Bennet, Captain [38] Benthan Guard [39] Benthans [40] Benthos IV NOTES:  [36] Even Invasive Transporters won't let you beam aboard the ship. Source: "Once Upon a Time" [37] In AtoZ, I created a card type called Fleet cards, but very late in the game, and according to my notes, only ever made one before I quit the project. Captain Bennet was meant to be a matching commander for one such Fleet, which will now appear in Broken Links, so we'll get to see one much sooner. Of course, I have to design a new card template... Source: Referenced in "Behind the Lines" [38] Will work with further dilemmas, but also random selections on interrupts and the like. Source: "Vis à Vis" [39] The ship would have been available in Enhanced M, so Broken Links it is. Source: "Vis à Vis" [40] I haven't placed Benthan space and Benthos IV in the same region, as they could be as far apart as Eart...